This means that this lotus seed is either an innate spiritual object or grew from some kind of innate lotus spiritual object. Either way, it is extremely valuable.
Right now, since the Vast Sea is free, he directly planted the lotus seed in the center of the Chaos Realm and used the innate qi mixed from the innate origin to stimulate it, it really began to take root and sprout.
He is quite anticipating that once this innate object is grown, it will either be a treasure to enhance cultivation or can directly be used to refine a spiritual treasure.
Innate objects like the lotus are most suited for refining defensive spiritual treasures, their value is much higher than offensive spiritual treasures.
With the Chaos Pearl's time acceleration at a one-to-thousand rate, it won't take long to completely root and sprout. By then, it will be clear what kind of innate spiritual object it is and its value.
